NCJ Number
38005
Date Published
1971
Length
160 pages
Annotation
WRITTEN FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH LESS THAN 75 OFFICERS, THIS BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITY OF OFFENDERS, BRINGING ABOUT THEIR APPREHENSION, AND PRODUCING EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM.
Abstract
THE NATURE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, EQUIPMENT OF THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER, THE INFORMER AND AN INVENTORY OF ROUTINE SOURCES OF INFORMATION, CONSTITUTE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 2 DEALS WITH THE IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM OF LOCATING THE INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. PROCEDURES ARE INDICATED IN THE APPROACH TO THIS PROBLEM BY WHICH THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIALIZATION CAN BE REDUCED THROUGH STRUCTURING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CASE INVESTIGATION WITHIN THE PATROL SERVICES. TECHNIQUES OF INTERROGATION AS A KEY INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON POLICE INTERROGATION OF A CRIMINAL SUSPECT, IMPACT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN MIRANDA V. ARIZONA ON THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, AND POLICE USE OF THE POLYGRAPH, ARE CONSIDERED IN CHAPTER 3. THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE ARE PRESENTED IN CHAPTER 4, INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE NATURE OF EVIDENCE, THE CRIME SCENE SEARCH, THE FORTUITOUS DISPLACEMENT OF MATTER OCCASIONED BY THE IMPACT OF THE OFFENDER UPON THE CRIME ENVIRONMENT, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF A POLICE LABORATORY FACILITY ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE SMALLER DEPARTMENT, ARE CONSIDERED. IN CHAPTER 5, COLLATERAL ELEMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS ARE PRESENTED - THE OPERATIONAL PROFILE OR MODUS OPERANDI, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND THE COMPUTER, THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC), THE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH INVESTIGATION RECORDS AND REPORT WRITING. MOVING AND FIXED SURVEILLANCE, WIRE TAPPING AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AS TOOLS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, ARE ALL EXAMINED IN DETAIL IN CHAPTER 6. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)